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...time is the late 1960s and the setting an imaginary but vividly realized village on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. Experiencing "blossoming self-hood," three women divorce their husbands, tug their children into the vortex of downward economic mobility and take up careers. Alexandra Spofford makes clay figurines, Jane Smart plays the cello, and Sukie Rougemont writes a gossip column for the local paper. These friends meet almost every Thursday, as a coven of genuine, practicing witches: "In the right mood and into their third drinks they could erect a cone of power above them like a tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fruits of Blossoming Selfhood | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...Five of the 1969 Miracle Mets are still active--Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw, Nolan Ryan, and Amos Otis. Two players from even earlier World Series winners still play in the majors. Name the men and their championship teams for five points each...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: The 1984 Sports Cube Baseball Quiz | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

Originally, Pickens embroiled himself in a tug-of-war with the late Citgo in the summer of 1982. In trying to take over Citgo, Pickens found Citgo returning the assault with its own takeover bid for Mesa...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Trying for More | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

Misunderstandings like this can be compounded by the gutter press (MICHAEL JACKSON?MORE OF HIS INTIMATE SECRETS; MICHAEL'S AGONIZING TUG OF LOVE) and by the putative inside-track show-biz gossip. Jackson wants a sex-change operation; Jackson has gone under the knife for extensive plastic surgery; Jackson has been shot full of female hormones to keep his face pretty and his voice soaring high. "Not true," says Riggs. "I'm his voice teacher, and I'd know. He started out with a high voice, and I've taken it even higher. He can sing low?down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why He's a Thriller | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

LONG AND MORBID, Long Day's Journey Into Night deals with a family suffering from drug addiction, tuberculosis and failed dreams. The characters struggle, tug and tear at a web of love, hate and guilt. Although the Lowell and Quincy Drama Societies and the Harvard Independent Theatre production offers a sensitive, self-conscious rendition, the players too often tend to indulge in the same tormented mannerisms and aggrieved outbursts. By the end of the play, we are numbed by and tired of them and their traumatic lives...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: Long Night | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

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